2007/810/EC: Council Decision of 19 November 2007 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, following their accession to the European Union
Date: 2007-11-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Bulgaria, Romania, San Marino, accession to the European Union, cooperation agreement (EU), customs union, protocol to an agreement

11.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 325/83

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 19 November 2007

on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to
the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community
and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic
of Bulgaria and Romania, following their accession to the European Union

(2007/810/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Articles 133 and 308,
in
conjunction with the second sentence of Article 300(2) and
the first subparagraph of Article 300(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Act concerning the conditions of accession
of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania and the adjustments to
the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and in
particular Article 6(2) thereof,

Article 1

The Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs
Union between the European Economic Community and the
Republic of San Marino,
as
contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania,
following their accession to the European Union (‘Protocol’), is
hereby approved on behalf of the European Community and its
Member States.

regarding the participation,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament,

Article 2

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Following the authorisation given to the Commission on
25 April 2006, negotiations with the Republic of San
Marino on a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation
and Customs Union between the European Economic
Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding
the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic
of Bulgaria and Romania, following their accession to the
European Union have been concluded.

to Article 6(2) of

the Act concerning the
Pursuant
conditions of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and
Romania and the adjustments to the Treaties on which
the European Union is founded, the Commission has
submitted a draft of the Protocol to the Council.

(3)

The Protocol should be concluded,

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the
Community and its Member States.

Article 3

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community
and its Member States, transmit the instruments of approval
provided for in Article 4 of the Protocol.

Done at Brussels, 19 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

L. AMADO